Gauthic Times #81 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Storm Clouds in the Heat

Hello, friends.

This past week felt pretty crazy. G had a summer drama camp, the play of which was on Friday, and there were other things going on, too, which made for a particularly stressful first half of the week. Between G’s basketball, guitar lessons, the drama camp, and things going on with the adults, the week was dizzying. And then it happened. August arrived.

Like a switch was flipped, the storm clouds came in on August 1st. The knowledge that by the end of the month not only would I be a year older but I’d be back to work for another school year.

This week’s update will likely be short since there’s not much to say and not a lot of energy to say it. But let’s get to it.

Welcome to the 81st installment of Gauthic Times, the newsletter about my writing, my life, and being tired and depressed.

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This week brought me closer to the end of The Monster in the Closet. I’ve got about 74 pages left to edit with the pen, and then I’ll be making the changes on the computer. There’s a lot of tightening happening.

The book is definitely a classic horror story, hopefully told in a really good way. As a reader, I’m fine with stories that aren’t necessarily “new” on the surface as long as the tale is told well. I hope that’s what I’m doing.

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Normally I have a little piece here about some topic on my mind. Not today. I could write about how I don’t think T—p supporters should be in education at all, or I could write about how I feel like the return to public school did more harm than good to G last year and am only mildly hopeful for this year, or I could write about some nerd or geek thing.

I could. But I’m too damn tired. The heat this week, the accumulated stress, the sadness that vacation is almost done and I have so much to do for writing, home, and work is draining me. This week, maybe paid-Patrons will get an exclusive never-before-published short story. I’d like that. Maybe the paid-Patrons would, too.

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That said, I’m done for today. Thank you for reading!

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